Austrian 1867/77 Werndle

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The Timonium show was a bust. I did actually find a bayonet and it was the cheapest I've seen anywhere but I opted to not purchase it and went with an eBay example I found instead. It cost more but as a long time collector now with a little more cash than brains these days, I'm tending to stay away with the fixer upper type things I used to go for. The one at the show was a later model, probably for the 1877, and it was heavily pitted, dark and most of the markings were not visible or never applied, specifically the Austria double eagle was completely missing. I have a nice looking rifle, I don't want to put a crap bayonet on it. I also found a repro cleaning rod online and placed an order for it. No rods at the show. No ammo either which really surprised me as there's quite a bit of it on Gunbroker, original military stuff. And to top it off, I didn't see a single Werndl rifle there. All I got was a book in Civil War bayonets.

I still enjoy going to the show and my wife likes to look around also so I consider this a museum visit. If you were in the market for a Springfield trap door or muzzle loader, this is your show. They seemed to dominate in numbers by a large margin.